Chapter 1036: Chapter 1035
Martin was unnervingly calm.
Fitch, who used to pace restlessly at the slightest downturn in Diana’s health, was now a portrait of stillness. Beside him, the young nurse rubbed her eyes in disbelief. They both remained eerily composed.
Serena glanced at the nurse holding the notice of critical condition. She remembered the doctor’s words. Martin’s mother wouldn’t last more than two hours.
Yet, even with the gravity of the situation hanging over her, Serena couldn’t bring herself to hand over her phone. A shadow crossed her eyes, and it became clear she wouldn’t offer her help.
Martin, his heart sinking, saw it all. Disappointed was an understatement to think that at a time like this, Serena could be so cold.
Even a pretense of concern would have spared him this feeling of utter letdown.
After the nurse left, Serena wheeled forward again, trying to reach for Martin’s hand.
"Martin, give me another chance. I can’t live without you." Her tears began to fall. "Didn’t we promise each other? To stay together forever, never to part?"
But the word forever had never sounded so repulsive to Martin.
"What you can’t live without are the fame and the high life not me."
"Martin," Serena sobbed, "how can you say that? You mean so much to me."
"Are you still acting, even now? Serena, this is murder." Martin was livid. "You expect me to forgive someone who intended to kill my mother? My sister? To live out the rest of my days as if nothing happened?"
"I was just so angry. They humiliated me, belittled me. If they had been nicer from the start, I wouldn’t have thought that way. It’s their fault," Serena blurted without thinking, then quickly clamped her mouth shut.
"So even now, you think it’s everyone else’s fault?" Martin’s disappointment was beyond words. He closed his eyes for a moment before suddenly slapping her across the face. "That slap was for my mother."
Serena and everyone else was stunned. No one expected Martin to hit her, and hit her so hard.
Her mouth began to bleed.
"And this slap is for my sister!" Another slap landed. "They suffered because of you. Are two slaps too much to ask for?"
Serena never expected to be slapped twice, let alone in front of an audience.
And she certainly didn’t expect Martin to treat her this way.
"He’d rather slap you than call the police, Serena. You’ve lost someone who truly loved you. You’ll never find another man like that in your lifetime!" Fitch suddenly felt a surge of satisfaction and relief that Martin would no longer be ensnared by such a toxic woman.
As for Martin not calling the police, Fitch wasn’t worried. Serena had done enough to seal her fate even if nobody else took action, Rosemary surely would.
"Mrs., I should say Ms. Lott," Fitch continued, "last time, to save you, Martin knelt outside the hallway for Rosemary, begging for medicine to cure you..."
Serena froze, her gaze shifting to Martin in shock. But Martin was done revisiting the past.
"I also overheard him on the phone once, learning he was being threatened. Though I don’t know what they held over him, despite being caught between a rock and a hard place and against his family’s wishes he still got engaged to you. He had you in his heart! He truly wanted to spend his life with you. Ms. Lott, you’ve truly broken Martin’s heart this time! He was so good to you, and yet you didn’t value it at all even plotting against his own mother and sister."
"Even if the young master has no objection and is willing to let you in, I’m not willing to serve you anymore! You’ve disappointed us too much!"
Several servants began to criticize her in a clamor.
Serena shed two lines of tears, never expecting that behind the scenes, Martin had done so much for her.
Back then, when she was locked in the basement by the Collins family given no food, no water, and beaten all over Martin still managed to find someone to save her.
At the time, she thought the world was vast, that there would be plenty of famous doctors to save her, so she didn’t take it to heart.
She never expected that it was Martin, enduring humiliation and making deals with others just to save her again and again.
"Mr. Martin loves you so much, yet you’re not even willing to give him your phone."
"In fact, Miss Collins has already come she’s inside trying to save Madam. The young master just didn’t give up hope and wanted to test you again. Never expected you to be so disappointing!!"
Serena was completely stunned, tears stuck in her eyes.
How could Rosemary come??
That despicable person! She would rather save Florence and Diana, but back then, she was unwilling to save her, Serena!
At that moment, the door of the operating room opened, and everyone immediately rushed over.
"How is my mother?" Martin asked first, his tone filled with concern.
Other servants also asked one after another, "How is Madam?"
"She’s fine," Rosemary said simply, immediately causing everyone to breathe a sigh of relief and smile.
Martin looked at her gratefully. "Thank you, Rosemary."
Apart from thanking her, he really didn’t know what else to say to express his feelings at that moment.
"Oh, and there’s the young lady, too," one of the servants said anxiously. "Just now, a nurse came to deliver a critical illness notice, saying Miss Diana won’t last more than two hours."
"On which floor?" Rosemary asked softly.
"Twelfth floor. Let me take you there!" Fitch took the lead. Rosemary nodded and followed him.
Martin had a lot more to say to Rosemary, but the situation was urgent, so he ultimately stayed quiet and let her go save people first.
Other servants saw a stretcher being pushed out by a nurse, and they were overjoyed.
"Madam is coming out!"
"Surely it’s the young master’s filial piety that moved the heavens."
"I feel it’s because the unlucky person left that’s why Madam’s condition improved."
"Don’t speak nonsense; it’s all thanks to Miss Collins."
Several servants followed the stretcher. Martin looked at his mother on the bed and suddenly felt he had made the right decision.
Fortunately, Heaven gave him a chance to make amends.
Serena didn’t know when she had left there was no trace of her in the entire corridor. She took a taxi alone and returned to the manor.
As soon as she arrived at the gate, she found that the sign beside the gate engraved with ’Forena Villa’ had been removed by someone.
The security guard at the gate saw her but didn’t open the door. Instead, he took out an agreement. "Please, Miss Lott, sign here."
"What’s this?" Serena asked.
The security guard, with an indifferent expression, didn’t even respond behaving in a strictly official manner.
Serena looked at the agreement again. It stated that the manor was to be transferred back to Martin’s name, and they needed her signature.